Recommended Titles and Treatises
To help provide access to the Texas State Law Library's legal resources, the reference librarians have selected the most noteworthy titles in our collection and arranged them here by subject. The titles listed for each subject feature a brief summary written by a reference librarian, and each subject's titles are divided into those that are specific to Texas law and those that aren't.
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Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning
Nolo's simple will book
320 pages. Updated by new edition.
The basic book on wills is intended for the non-lawyers and provides the tools to write a legally valid will leave property to family, friends or organizations, name a personal guardian to care for children, safely leave property to young children, arrange for the payment of debts and taxes, name an executor to handle affairs, and update the will.